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by Mike Masnick




Rambus Scores Millions In Patent Suit; Expected To Get Even More

from the patent-fun dept

It's been interesting to watch the many, many Rambus patent lawsuits over the years -- in part because many of the supporters (read: stock speculators) of the company are so vehement that the company absolutely must be right, that they accuse anyone who disagrees of doing something illegal. Those supporters just got some more ammunition today, however, as a court ordered Hynix to pay up $306 million for infringing on 10 of Rambus' patents. Of course, that's just for past infringement. The case will now move on, with Rambus trying to get an injunction to stop Hynix from selling chips going forward -- meaning that Hynix will almost definitely come to some sort of settlement. This also probably means that a number of other companies involved in Rambus lawsuits may feel compelled to settle as well. Meanwhile, there are still questions concerning the Rambus patents -- but even raising such an issue will probably get us yelled at by Rambus stock holders.

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  1. Apr 24th, 2006 @ 9:34pm

    raise it

    by garfalk

    if you prove your right, then thats a point against them.
    any fanatic is a bad fanatic.

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  2. Apr 24th, 2006 @ 11:05pm

    get your facts before you speak

    by angry dude

    http://www.rambus.org/

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  3. Apr 25th, 2006 @ 12:46am

    Case in Point

    by Spartacus

    -- but even raising such an issue will probably get us yelled at by Rambus stock holders

    immediatly followed by

    get your facts before you speak by angry dude on Apr 24th, 2006 @ 11:05pm
    http://www.rambus.org/

    well said... well said...

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  4. Apr 25th, 2006 @ 5:31am

    Re: get your facts before you speak

    by Anonymous of Course

    Here we go again...

    Occasionally take your facts from an unbiased source.

    http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/careers/careerstemplate.jsp?ArticleId=i040303

    We live in a sorry state, where justice is superceded
    by the law.

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  5. Apr 25th, 2006 @ 7:40am

    the largest set of trolls ever

    Do they all just troll every blog and news site so that they can scream about any negative press.

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  6. Apr 25th, 2006 @ 3:49pm

    Pretty sad, huh?

    by Nilt

    Do they all just troll every blog and news site so that they can scream about any negative press.

    Pretty much, yes. There is a mistaken beliefe, apparently, by at least some Rambus investors that the marketplace owes them something. Whether their claims have merit or not is something I could care less about now due solely to their behavior online. The behavior I've seen when they pop in a discussion is, almost without exception, absurdly childish.

    To imply that one side of a lawsuit would give inherently correct information is just one of these behaviors. Talk about a lack of balance, eh?

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  7. Apr 25th, 2006 @ 7:30pm
    by angry dude


    immediatly followed by

    get your facts before you speak by angry dude on Apr 24th, 2006 @ 11:05pm
    http://www.rambus.org/

    well said... well said...>

    I haven't seen any Rambus investor here so far, have you ?

    You people are just brainwashed ......

    (reply to this comment) (link to this comment)

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